Since the dawn of time, Codeforces users have asked "how do I ragebait as much of the population as possible?" Many inexperienced greys and green attempt to dive into this challenge, but are often unsuccessful. They pursue fruitless methods such as asking for downvotes, bragging, or making pointless points. In reality, Codeforces has too many trolls for these methods to be viable. In fact, asking for downvotes is a surefire way to farm upvotes. As such, I request y'all downvote this blog.
To properly learn how to farm downvotes, you must look at those who have successfully done so. Surprisingly, the lowest rated contribution people are not random Newbies who pissed off people. In reality, the lowest contribution people are Grandmasters aaa_Pigeon2, _MCYYDS_, and Master rank AmirrzwM. So what did these people do to make the community hate them?
MCYYDS: It appears they held Codeforces Round 1112, and wrote the editorial as well. However, unlike virtually every other coding contest, these received significant downvotes. After looking in the comments, I couldn't get a completely clear grasp into why. However, the underlying issues seem to be that they were accused of using AI writing for problems and editorials, and/or were cheater who were either banned previously or heavily suspected but not banned.
aaa_Pigeon2: This guy appears to have one extremely unpopular blog. In it, he explains how he "shared information" but believes what he shared does not violate codeforces policy. It seems this "sharing of information" either ruined a contest he or someone else was running, or is just an extremely unpopular take. It also seems like a question was copied from a research paper?, which leads to questions about contest originality. It is likely that the reasons Codeforces Round 1112 was so downvoted is related to this. It is also possible aaa_Pigeon2 may be an alt of MCYYDS, though I am not sure.
AMirrzwM: He also seems to have run 2 contests. However, the second is received extremely poorly, with over 1200 downvotes. The best reason I could see in the comments is that problem C was way, way, way too hard for a contest of that difficulty. It is also possible info was leaked in some capacity like the previous contest.
So it seems like if you want to farm the literally minimum possible contribution, you need to follow this pattern. 1. Build up respect for perceived skills in the community and get to run a coding contest. 2. Use AI to make the contest, write the editorial, and respond to comments. 3. Blatantly cheat in future contests so everyone hates you.
That said, the majority of ragebaiters are not that talented. Thankfully, there are a few other methods that seem to work well. However, it is important to make blogs that WILL NOT GET IGNORED. self promotion blogs will get no attention and only get 1-10 downvotes. From exploring random blogs, there seems to be a few specific patterns that get downvotes.
Most Reliable Method: Write a Post Using Generative AI. This seems to virtually always garner at least 10 downvotes. Thankfully, it will do this even if the overall message is positive. This means you can combine it with other downvote techniques.
Technique: Accuse random well respected members of Codeforces of cheating. This type of ragebait can be obvious if not done well. It's important to present yourself not as an obvious ragebaiter, but as a really stupid victim of the Dunning Kruger Effect. Present evidence that may seem reasonable to morons, but obviously stupid to anyone with brains. Also make sure you are a newbie if attempting this technique, or else the ragebait will be obvious. Be sure to be rude and insensitive during the blog and replies to the post, but not so rude that you either get banned or get called out for ragebaiting.
Technique: Make an extremely unpopular opinion. Take advantage of the thing downvotes are meant for in the first point. Make an opinion that almost no one on the site would agree with. Your post may have trouble getting attention, but if you sound passionate, have a catchy title, and other ragebait techniques, it may garner a heavy number of downvotes. If its not relevant to codeforces at all, it also wont get much attention. You may use your creativity here, but low effort unpopular opinions include "we should be able to use AI for contests," or "Only people past rating X should be able to comment."
Technique: Reply commonly and idiotically. Go onto a post that has tons of attention, and say the most unpopular take you can think of related to that post. Again, you must not make it obvious that you are ragebaiting. You must actually sound like a moron. Since these posts will get attention due to their high number of upvotes, many people will see your reply and downvote it. If your own blogs are successful at ragebaiting, you can use this technique to farm even more downvotes.
Overall Strategy: Repeatedly write blog posts, using AI, asking it to argue very stupid opinions using the version stupid reasonings you came up with. Again, it is important to strike a balance. Not so ragebaity you get banned or its obvious, not too little ragebaity you get ignored. It's a tough act to balance, but with practice, you can get better over time. Then, go to popular blogs, ones with hundreds of upvotes, and act like a toddler. Again, its important you don't get banned during this process. Make unpopular opinions, have no respectfulness, but don't do anything obviously banworthy such as say slurs, harass Codeforces staff, or cuss. If you are confident in your coding abilities, you may instead work towards running your own contest, then proceeding to make it as terrible as possible by following the steps of MCYYDS and aaa_Pigeon2.
I wish you luck in your ragebaiting and downvote farming endeavors- From, Livenlife453
